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T. DE LA MARE.

AXLE SKEIN.

.No. 435,407. Patented Sept. 2, 1890.

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THOMAS DE LA MARE, OF TOOELE CITY, UTAH TERRITORY.

AXLE-SKEIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,407, datedSeptember 2, 1890.

Application filed January 29, 1890. Serial No. 388,445. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS DE LA MARE,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Tooele City, in the countyof Tooele and Utah Territory, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Axle-Skeins; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to axle-skeins and means for attaching the sameto axle-trees; and the object of the invention is to provide a skeinwhich can be readily attached to the axle-trees of heavy road-wagons,carts, etc.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device in the form ofa clip for attaching the skein to axle-trees, as will be hereinafterfully described, and set forth in the claim.

Great inconvenience has been experienced in attaching skeins or thimblesto axle-trees of heavy draft-wagons, which are usually made of wood, inthat the axle-tree is often split, or the skein invariably becomes looseby theimmense strain and the incapability of the means of attachment,and therefore has to be continually tightened so as to be in usefulcondition, which of course weakens the axle, for such repairing usuallyconsists in driving additional nails or rivets through the skein andaxle or removing the old bolts and replacing them with new. According tomy invention no screws, bolts, nails, or rivets are driven into theskein or axle, and hence the splitting or weakening of axles and skeinsis entirely obviated.

In theaccompanying drawings,forming part of this application, Figure 1is a front elevation of an axle-tree, bolster, and hounds, showing myskein and attaching device in position. Fig. 2 is a sectional View takenon the line x m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line yy, Fig.1. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of my invention.

Like letters of reference denote like parts throughout the severalfigures.

A denotes the axle-tree, having in its under side small holesordepressions a and a.

The hounds 13 have perforations 7) and b, and are let into the axle-treeat its top and into the bolsters O at the bottom.

The skeins or thimbles D are preferably made of wrought-iron; but theymay be cast in suitable sizes to conform to the end of the axle-tree towhich they are to be fitted. On the inner end of the skein and in thesame piece therewith is formed a projection or plate E, provided withperforations e and c.

The attaching device consists wholly of two clips F and G, similar tothe ordinary vehicleclip. The usual ring H is provided, and is shrunk onthe skein to form a bearing for the inner face of the hub of awagon-wheel and to keep the skein from coming apart should it becomecracked or broken.

The clip F is constructed with a semicircular how 0, having dependingscrcwthreaded ends 0', which pass through perforations d in a straightbar f and receive suitable nuts d.

The barf is provided about its center with a projection f, formedintegral with the inner face of the said bar, so as to extend upward atright angles therefrom, and is of cone shape, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The clip G has a perforated straight bar, like the bar f, and its wholeconstruction is similar to the clip F, except the bow, which is formedstraight and at right angles to the depending screw-threaded ends g,said ends being much longer than the ends 0 of the clip F, so as toinclude two or more parts of a wagon in addition to the axletree.

The skein may be readily attached to the axle-tree of any ordinary wagonwithout removing any of the parts of said wagon, except the wheels, inthe following manner: Drive the skein onto the end of the axle-treeuntil it reaches the position desired and. shrink the ring on. Thenthrough the perforations e and e in the plate E make the holes ordepressions a and a by boring or burning to receive the cone-shapedprojection f, which extends through the plate E from the bar f of theclip F, which is next placed in position by passing one of the ends 0between the axle-tree A and the bolster O, and screwing on the nuts cl.The perforations b and b are next bored in the hounds B on either sideof the bolsters O. The ends g of the clip G are passed through saidperforations, the straight bar f, with its cone-shaped projection f putin position, and the nuts d screwed on. By this arrangement the clip G,with its barf, surrounds the bolster G, the hounds B, the axle A, andthe plate E of the skein and holds them all firmly together, at the sametime rendering the removal of the skein very simple and convenient.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the skein D and the clips F and G with the axle-treeA, bolster C,

and hounds B, the said skein adapted to be held securely in place by theclip F, surrounding the axle-tree, and also the clip G, encompassing theaxle tree, bolster, and hounds, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS DE LA MARE. \Vitnesses:

JAMES GoWAN, I. N. DUNYON.

